If only running on one engine too. Sweet plane. Not bad for a 40 year old one at that, well the design anyways _____________________________________
PM7600 w/G3-400mhz upgrade(joecard),896 meg ram. _____________________________________ > From: THE ROCK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PCI PowerMacs) > Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 18:33:33 -0700 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PCI PowerMacs) > Subject: Re: Slide Rule/Getting Old > > Interesting fact: the SR71 (the ultimate spy plane) was built using slide > rules. Very few planes, if ever ( well there are rumors of aurora), can > match it's performance. Kelly Johnson (and slide rules) still rocks. > > Fred Stevens K2FRD wrote: > >> As long as we're waxing nostalgic, I remember that at the start of my >> Freshman year at my first college (Clarkson College of Technology, >> now Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY), we were REQUIRED to carry a >> slide rule (mine: K&E LogLog Duplex Decitrig) and take a course in >> its use. Also, 1963 was the year that Clarkson admitted its first >> female student (just one: a math grad student) and built an entire > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
